After the success of Taken and Gran Torino, Hollywood has been on a vigilante kick. And right now, Bryan Singer (along with studio execs all over town) has been seriously considering getting his revenge on with The Prisoners, a much-sought-after thriller script to which Mark Wahlberg is attached to star as a Boston dad who takes the law into his own hands when his young daughter is kidnapped. The screenplay, which has been compared to The Silence of the Lambs and Seven, has been buzzed about as a calling card for its unknown writer, Aaron Guzikowski, and as a rare project targeted at adult audiences but with real commercial potential. When asked whether The Prisoners will be his next movie, Singer told EW: 'I don't know yet. But I'm definitely intrigued. It's a great script. And I'd love to work with Mark.' source: EW
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Fox, CBS top Monday’s ratings race

April 28, 2009 | Posted by Staff in Read, TV News| 0 comments
heroess03e25Fox and CBS waged a tight battle for Monday’s primetime lead among young adults, with the Eye’s “Two and a Half Men” and Fox’s “House” standing as the night’s top programs in key demo categories.

NBC, meanwhile, failed to see any uptick for the season finales of “Chuck” and “Heroes,” with both placing fourth in their timeslots on this competitive night. ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” was once again easily Monday’s most-watched program overall.

At Fox, “House” (4.5 rating/12 share in adults 18-49, 11.4 million viewers overall) won the 8 o’clock hour in all key demos, and was especially dominant among adults 18-34, where it won by 4 shares over runner-up CBS’ comedies. “24″ fell off from there (3.4/8 in 18-49, 10.6 million viewers overall) but moved up to second in 18-49 in its second half-hour.

CBS once again received double-digit share performances from each of its comedies: “The Big Bang Theory” (3.4/10 in 18-49, 9.3 million viewers overall), “How I Met Your Mother” (3.7/10 in 18-49, 8.9 million viewers overall), “Two and a Half Men” (4.9/12 in 18-49, 14.1 million viewers overall) and “Rules of Engagement” (3.9/10 in 18-49, 11.3 million viewers overall), with the latter pair winning in 18-49 from 9 to 10 o’clock. Closing out the night, “CSI: Miami” prevailed in its 10 p.m. timeslot (3.3/9 in 18-49, 12.0 million viewers overall) but with a season low, as auds didn’t seem to take to the crime drama’s tale of murder behind the scenes of a “Bachelor”-like reality contest.

NBC was led by “Heroes” (3.0/7 in 178-49, 6.4 million viewers overall), which finishes its third season as a shadow of its former hit self. Both it and leadoff show “Chuck” (2.3/6 in 18-49, 6.1 million viewers overall) were in line with their previous week’s averages. Down week to week was “Medium” (2.2/6 in 18-49, 6.7 million viewers overall), which placed second in most categories at 10.

ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” was below average (4.3/12 in 18-49, 19.3 million viewers overall) but placed first or second in key demos with each of its three half-hours. First-year series “Surviving Suburbia” (2.3/6 in 18-49, 9.7 million viewers overall) and “Castle” (2.1/6 in 18-49, 8.4 million viewers overall) again didn’t do much in closing out the night.

CW’s “Gossip Girl” (1.0/3 in 18-49, 2.0 million viewers overall) continues to perform sluggishly, with the net then picking up a tad at 9 p.m. with “One Tree Hill” (1.1/3 in 18-49, 2.2 million viewers overall). In adults 18-34, both “Hill” (1.6/4) and “Gossip” (1.4/4) ranked fifth in their hours among the English-language broadcast networks.

Preliminary 18-49 averages for the night: Fox, 3.9/10; CBS< 3.8/10; ABC, 3.2/9; NBC, 2.5/7; Univision, 1.6/4; CW, 1.0/3.

In total viewers: ABC, 14.0 million; CBS, 11.3 million; Fox, 11.0 million; NBC, 6.4 million; Univision, 4.1 million; CW, 2.1 million.

Source: Variety

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